was more than equal to the East Ward in its payments to the Borough fund, and not quite equal in its contributions to the Local Board, which latter had only spent about £4,000 in the West Ward, but from £15,000 to £17,000 in the whole borough. The Public Health Act gave them the power of dividing the borough into districts, each of which might be made to pay for its own drainage, but when the Act was adopted, he (Mr. P.) said "No" to the proposal for such division; "Let it all go into one, so that the light parts may help pay for the heavier ones. What he wanted was that all should have fair play (cheers). But they did not get it, the West Ward Councillors being always in a minority in consequence of its having only six members, whilst the East Ward had twelve [even without the Aldermen]. He again referred to the resolution of the Council to get Post-Office removed, and repeated his previous question "What possible advantage could it be to either town? A general post-office was a great boon, and why should St. Leonards be deprived of it? These were not times for centralization and tyrannization(sic) (cheers and ironic laughter), but for an extension of the suffrage and other privileges. The Council should let the post office alone, and they should not smear up Hastings on the St. Leonards houses (cheers). They were doing St. Leonards an injury without doing themselves any good. They were setting the East against the West and the West against the East. He had been taunted in the Hall with having called the St. Leonards public meeting, but he would say that almost to a man, the people were opposed to the action of the Council and claimed a right to have been consulted. They would contest the subject at every point, knowing as they did, that the Council had no authority for writing up the word Hastings. It was, as he had said before, an act of despotism. He would at all times submit to the voice of the people, and would second Mr. Eldridge's amendment.
Coun. Vidler said that at the meeting Mr. Hume tried to make him look very little. Well, he was little enough, God knew and Mr. Hume was a very tall man. He thought though he got the better of Mr. Hume on a previous occasion in the Borough Cemetery question. Mr. Vidler then referred to Mr. Beecham's remarks on the name of St. Leonards being put in legal documents, and produced a document respecting ground on which the Messrs. Tre built some houses. The Town Clerk read a portion in which the locality was described as being "in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, in the borough of Hastings" [So much, chimed in Mr. Winter for the legal part of the question, as though the document controverted what Mr. Beecham and -
